diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
index fa1c4e8c09..09d84f7fdc 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/01_mount-filesystem
@@ -29,7 +29,5 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
       mount -n -t ramfs none /var
     ;;
   poweroff|reboot)
-    progress "unmounting filesystems"
-      umount /var
     ;;
 esac